Lady s work-stand



N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGWxPHER. WASHINGTONA D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JOHN B. ATWATER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LADYS WORK-STAN D.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,888, dated July 25, 1865.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN B. ATWATER, of Chicago, Cook county, State ot' Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Ladys Work- Stand; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of a table having my invention applied to it. Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe table. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section through the table, with the trays in an elevated position. Fig. 4 is a vertical central section through the table, showing the trays depressed.

Similar letters ot` reference indicaiel corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to provide a table with one or more trays in such manner that they can be elevated and supported above the top ot` the table when in use,and when not in use they can be depressed beneath the tabletop, so as to he out ofsight and out of the way, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accom panyin g drawings, A represents a circular table-top, which is supported upon a hollow pedestal, B, having an enlarged base, C. This pedestal is ot' sufficient diameter to receive within it one or more trays or ladys worklbaskets, a a, which are secured to a central tube, b, that carries on its upper end aI circular portion, c, the object of which is to close the opening through the table-top when the trays are fully depressed, as shown in Fig. 4. This tube b receives within it a xed guiderod, D,which projects up from the base C, and which is intended for keeping the trays in a central position with respect to the pedestal B, whether they be in an elevated or in a depressed position.

E represents a circular support, which is provided with friction-rollers e on its surface, and

which is applied within the pedestal, so that it will move freely up or down therein. This circular support rests upon a coiled spring, Gr, which eucircles the tube b and its guide, and which should be of sufficient length and strength to elevate the portion E to the position shown in Fig. 3, carrying with it the trays a a and the circular cover c.

The trays are conned in the position indicated in Fig. 4 by means of a latch, g, the nose of which catches into an annular groove in the periphery of the cover c. This latch is acted upon by a spring, so that it will be forced out and catch the cover c by simply depressin g it upon a level with the surface ofthe tabletop. When this catch is withdrawn so as to release the cover c the spring G will thrust up the trays, as shown in Figs. l and, and the catch will retain them-in this position, assisted by the spring G, as shown in Fig. 3.

The object of providing the circular support E upon which the trays rest with friction-rollers is to allow the trays, together with their tubular support, to be rotated freely to enable a person sitting at the table to have access to all portions of these trays by simply turning them around.

The trays may he made ot` metal or ot' willow, and any required number may he applied to the tubular stem, provided they are so arranged as to be received within the pedestal B when the cover c is depressed, so as to leave thetop ofthe table level, and to admit of the table being used for other purposes than a work-table.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y Providing a table with'one or more trays, or their equivalents, which canbe elevated above the top of the table or depressed beneath said top, substantially as described.

l J. B. ATWATER.

Witnesses:

J. Q. Hov'r, W. F. RUssEL. 

